Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

12 Months Ended

Sep. 29, 2018

Goodwill And Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

6. Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

The Partnership’s fiscal 2018 and fiscal 2017 annual goodwill impairment review resulted in no adjustments to the carrying amount of goodwill.

The carrying values of goodwill assigned to the Partnership’s operating segments are as follows:

	Propane			Fuel oil and refined fuels			Natural gas and electricity		Total
Balance as of September 30, 2017
Goodwill	$	1,082,297		$	10,900		$	7,900	$	1,101,097
Accumulated adjustments		—			(6,462	)		—		(6,462	)
	$	1,082,297		$	4,438		$	7,900	$	1,094,635
Fiscal 2018 Activity
Goodwill disposed (1)	$	(1,165	)	$	—		$	—	$	(1,165	)
Balance as of September 29, 2018
Goodwill	$	1,081,132		$	10,900		$	7,900	$	1,099,932
Accumulated adjustments		—			(6,462	)		—		(6,462	)
	$	1,081,132		$	4,438		$	7,900	$	1,093,470

Other intangible assets consist of the following:

	As of
	September 29,			September 30,
	2018			2017
Customer relationships (1) (2)	$	499,432		$	492,656
Non-compete agreements (2)		33,540			31,040
Other		1,967			1,967
		534,939			525,663
Less: accumulated amortization
Customer relationships		(330,571	)		(279,287	)
Non-compete agreements		(27,836	)		(25,242	)
Other		(1,349	)		(1,258	)
		(359,756	)		(305,787	)
	$	175,183		$	219,876

(1) Reflects the impact from the disposition of certain assets and operations in a non-strategic market of the propane segment (Note 3).

(2) Reflects the impact from acquisitions (Note 3).

Aggregate amortization expense related to other intangible assets for fiscal 2018, 2017 and 2016 was $56,580, $56,454 and $57,145, respectively.  Aggregate amortization expense for each of the five succeeding fiscal years related to other intangible assets held as of September 29, 2018 is estimated as follows: 2019 - $55,949; 2020 - $54,964; 2021 - $45,541; 2022 - $4,851; and 2023 - $4,250.